This video of Texas Judge Adams beating his disabled daughter Hillary on Child Help exposes what can go on in the homes of seemingly upstanding citizens in our communities. This is graphic material. Judge William Adams viciously beats his 16-year-old daughter Hillary, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Her crime? Downloading games and music on the Internet. This man blames his wife for Hillary’s so called crime because she allowed a computer in the house. The idea that he is sitting on a judicial bench is mind boggling. This video exposes this judge as the ignorant, backwards, cowardly bully he is.
What happened to this young girl is not uncommon and will continue as long as we accept physical punishment as an acceptable form of discipline. What is uncommon is for the child to be savvy enough to video tape it. Hopefully technology will expose more of these crimes.
Hillary’s mother comes into the room at one point, orders her to turn over and “take it, take it like a woman. At one point, she hits Hillary with the belt herself. The mother has since left the judge and has repented her part in this crime.
As a survivor of physical child abuse, I have a difficult time wiping the slate clean for Hillary’s mother. I believe and understand that she was abused and manipulated, but no one forced her to hit her daughter. There often is a parent that either sits by and watches, or partakes in the abuse. And I believe that even though they may be a victim themselves, they should be held accountable for their part in these crimes. That is not to say they shouldn’t be forgiven by the victim at the point the victim emotionally works through the issue and is ready to forgive.
Judge Adams has said he lost his temper. My experience with abusive people is they have complete control over their actions. They know when they can behave in such a manner and when they can’t. They don’t behave this way in public (most abusive people don’t). They most certainly would not behave this way in front of authorities. So they do have control.
And like so many abusive people, he minimizes his crime by saying it wasn’t as bad as it looks. Really? That is a typical tactic of abuse, to say what is seen is not really what happened.
Furthermore he minimizes the beating as “it happened a long time ago.” Admittedly, a while ago. And the statue of limitations has ran it’s course on this particular crime. However this man should be removed from the bench as he has shown himself for the ignorant, backwards cowardly bully his is.
What happened to this young girl is not uncommon and will continue as long as we accept physical punishment as an acceptable form of discipline. What is uncommon is for the child to be savvy enough to video tape it. Hopefully technology will expose more of these crimes.